Opening the image in Quick Look will allow you to play it like a video with a play button appearing n the bottom left corner. If you open it in Photos for Mac, it will appear like a GIF, the same as on the latest iPhones.

Prior to this, if you sent or received a Live Photo on your Mac, it was turned into a still and lost its audio.

Support for Live Photos on the Web is rolling out slowly; Facebook and Tumblr both enabled sharing in recent weeks.

If you’re keen to try out the new feature on your desktop, you’ll need to install the latest OS X beta — but be warned that it may not be as stable as an official release. OS X 10.11.4 will be rolling out officially later this year.